Determining and testing the accuracy of incubation stage of Ruddy Duck eggs by floatation

Wildfowl

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 181-189

  Brua, R B ^a   Machin, K L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candling; Egg floatation; Incubation; Oxyura jamaicensis; Ruddy Duck

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; WATERFOWL;

OXYURA JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 0034465148     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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